Decide if the chair is just for show or functional. In most cases these chairs may just be purchased to fill in an open space in the room, but you will end up using it at some point. Functionality is exceptionally important, it doesn't have a lavishly comfortable, but it does need get used as and when needed.

In a very large room seating can be arranged around more than one focal point, whereas in smaller rooms only one focal point may be practical. Common focal points may be coffee tables or fire places. Today large screen televisions have increasingly been installed in lounges, sadly, often with little thought to the layout of the room as a whole.